Blantyre railway station

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Blantyre

Location

Place

Blantyre

Local authority

South Lanarkshire

Operations

Station code

BLT

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.273 million

2005/06 *

0.340 million

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blantyre from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Blantyre railway station serves the burgh of Blantyre, near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line 14 km (8¾ miles) south east of Glasgow Central railway station (Low Level). Passenger services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Originally a Victorian style station featuring two wooden station buildings, one on each of the two platforms, these were demolished in the late 1970s. It was replaced by a modern building on the western side of the line.

Originally served by steam trains and later diesel multiple units, the line originally connected Blantyre to Glasgow Central High Level. Following the West Coast Main Line electricification in 1974, the line was worked by electric multiple units with services via Cambuslang and occasional services via Kirkhill. Upon development of the Argyle Line it was connected through to the north western fringes of Glasgow.

[edit] Services

[edit] 2006/07

Monday to Saturdays, 4 trains per hour go to Glasgow Central Low Level, before continuing to (Dalmuir/Milngavie) northbound. Southbound a half-hourly service operates to Motherwell via Airbles; one of these per hour continues to Lanark via Holytown. Additionally a half-hourly Larkhall express service calls at Blantyre before continuing up to Hamilton Central then onto the Larkhall line and terminating. Blantyre has a half-hourly service on Sundays between Motherwell and Balloch via Airbles and Yoker/Singer.